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Fucoxanthin from brown seaweed Sargassum cristaefolium tea in acid pH

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Abstract

Dried tea Sargassum cristaefolium contains the pigment fucoxanthin, which is responsible for the red-orange color found in brown algae, and is a kind of photosynthetic pigment. Fucoxanthin can be used as an anti-obesity, anticancer, anti-cholesterol, and anti-diabetic agent and as a food colorant, but it is very unstable. The aim of this research was to determine the stability of fucoxanthin from dried tea brown algae at different pH (2, 6). This involved thin layer chromatography, peak absorption, wavelength analysis and reposition in FTIR. The research showed that fucoxanthin from fresh and dried tea Sargassum cristaefolium using chromatography columns had an orange color, Rf value of 0.26-0.28, and a spectral pattern in acetone solvent of 446.3-447.4 λmax. Fucoxanthin at pH 2 showed that there was no allenic group, as fucoxanthin solution had a pale yellow color. It is therefore shown that fucoxanthin is not stable in acid solution.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication7th International Conference on Global Resource Conservation
Subtitle of host publicationFrom Traditional Herbal Medicine into Synthetic Biology for Better Human Lives
EditorsIrfan Mustafa, Bhupal Govinda Shrestha, Nazefah Abdul Hamid
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9780735415164
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 May 2017
Event7th International Conference on Global Resource Conservation: From Traditional Herbal Medicine into Synthetic Biology for Better Human Lives, ICGRC 2016 - East Java, Indonesia
Duration: 2 Nov 20164 Nov 2016

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1844
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference7th International Conference on Global Resource Conservation: From Traditional Herbal Medicine into Synthetic Biology for Better Human Lives, ICGRC 2016
Country/TerritoryIndonesia
CityEast Java
Period2/11/164/11/16

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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